> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Albrecht [SMTP:albrechs@wabash.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:33 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Current situation? "Color of Fear"
>
> I'm afraid not all of us are in DECISION-making positions, Gary. Some of
> us, alas, just do the purchasing. (No, <gasp!> I'm not a full-fledged
> librarian; I'm an educator & counselor by training.) I merely wanted to
> alert Marilyn--or any others out there--about the stupid agreement Stir
> Fry
> sends along with this video.
>
> Susan at Wabash
>
> At 09:15 AM 5/21/02 -0700, you wrote:
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> >In my xxxx years in the biz, I've paid over 400 bucks for a single title
> >maybe three or four times: Fred Wiseman's stuff comes to mind (but what
> are
> >ya gonna do? You've gotta buy em'); a couple of Trinh Minh-ha's things
> >(shiiii! and she
> >TEACHES here!!!)...and maybe one or two others. Now, I have spent my
> >career going to bat for independent film makers and film distributors...I
> >KNOW why the prices are high...I seldom balk at paying what it takes to
> get
> >quality stuff in this collection. NONETHELESS! There's a point at which
> >NO film is worth it (I wouldn't pay over $450 for footage of the Second
> >Coming!). I think Mun Wah's case is prime...he's got a trendy, in-demand
> >topic and he's got institutions by the short hairs... There's no reason
> >for charging $460 for this work beyond pure avarice and opportunism. I
> see
> >no reason whatsoever to pay these prices...one could easily cover the
> topic
> >with other works.
> >
> >
> >At 09:00 AM 5/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Gary & all,
> > >I agree that $460 is absolutely an outrageous price for this...but we
> did
> > >pay it in October of 2000. Since 5 faculty members were clamoring for
> it,
> > >I did what I had to do. As you say, though, Caveat Emptor. At least
> at
> > >that time, they sent out this ridiculous agreement you're supposed to
> sign,
> > >requiring that you agree not to lend it to any other institution, that
> you
> > >use it only in official classes of your institution (as opposed to
> > >something like a faculty seminar), etc., etc. If I recall correctly,
> our
> > >Head Librarian read it, *crossed out* a section he would not agree to,
> and
> > >sent it back. They still sent the video. Perhaps you could consider
> the
> > >same tactic if you find the agreement to be onerous.
> > >
> > >Susan at Wabash College
> > >
>
> Susan Albrecht
> Acquisitions Coordinator
> Wabash College Lilly Library
> Crawfordsville, IN
> x6216
> albrechs@wabash.edu
>
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